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What's that old '60's song, with the refrain, "Sha-na-na-na-sha-na-na-na-sha-na-na-na-goodbye..." Don't let the door hit you on the busboy on your way out the door. Discriminatory, unpatriotic,...

Been away for a while - it's nice to see you made it over to the dark side, Lt. (Dang, that sounds weird - I remember when you were a LCpl.!)

In two deployments as a weekend warrior, I honestly...

Happy Birthday, Marines on the 235th Year of our beloved Corps.

Reach down like you got a pair (of beer mugs, that is.)

S/F,

gwladgarwr:iwo:

I should know this but I just want to double-check:

I have a second SMCR (first one in 2004, second award in 2007.) Star for each subsequent award.

They kicked me out of the Math for Marines...

Just to let you know, entire divisions (in the past and currently under NATO agreements) can be commanded by foreign officers - whether Commonwealth or not - though this is an option and not...

"Rumors" by Timex Social Club (high school students from Berkeley High School, one my my HS's rival schools), later morphing into Club Nouveau (who did a cover of Bill Withers' "Lean On Me".)

Me?...

What if you have thin skin AND low body fat?:banana:

They were talking about a zodiacal constellation (as opposed to a zodiacal sign) called Ophiuchus, the Snake-Bearer. Way back in the day when different cultures had different and/or converging...

No offense taken.

My criticism about your assignment focuses on your professor's wisdom in mixing pop psychology with hard science. That kind of assignment seems to belong better in a psychology...

As an amateur astrologer (yes, I can calculate charts by hand), I'm not really sure how you formulated your questions to determine whether or not the responses you were looking for would be based on...

I loved "Full Metal Jacket", but, Kubrick, the director, meant to make the film as an anti-war (if not anti-Marine) movie. Same with "Platoon".

Both were cool for "action" but the meaning was the...

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Actually, invoking eminent domain is NOT unconstitutional. Look it up.

If you're going to bother invoking Charleston Heston and thus inferring some relevance to the Second Amendment, you...

:flag: If a little boy of five years of age can man up and take care of his 'wife' and step up to the plate and accept his responsibilities, the rest of us have something to learn.

Welcome home to...

I'm only beginning to wonder about the haters and the armchair generals who apparently know so much about the military and the military mind and define the military mindset only by the events of...

Heya there, RM! (booties they call them, right? can't remember ,<shame on me>.

I'm neutral on the whole thing myself since I don't follow any pro sports, but the bookies are pretty much banking on...

I appreciate your motivation and your passion there, poolee.

However:

1) You are a poolee/DEPer; you are restricted to posting comments in the poolee section ONLY.

2) Drop the ALL CAPS....

While eating chow, I still turn my unused left hand into a fist and set it squarely on my left knee while I shovel the chow into my gullet with the fork in my right. And I clean my plate with a small...

DevilDog:

If you can still do it and you have your personal/civilian life in order, why the hell not? You're not exactly 80 and on life support, so do the Reserves. They can use an 'old man'...

SSgt:

That's great you're going over to the Dark Side - much luck to you!

I'm not going to post my entire OCS experience here so if you want to PM me, I can fill you in.

Don't lose sleep...

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And, Laurean is NOT one of OUR countrymen. He may have gotten U.S. citizenship, but once he was on the lam and went running back to Mexico, that only shows me...

BigJim:

If you end up getting US citizenship, it sorta entails that you had citizenship from somewhere else. So, granting US citizenship to a "foreigner" isn't the problem. How you determine who...

Just be careful about faxing or sending scanned versions of your DoD IDs - I wouldn't do it to save I don't care how much of a discount I got.

They can call my C.O. if they cared so much about...

Now, now, let's play nice and not antagonize our Army brethren.

But it's sorta funny for a tease. (Hey, nothing wrong with razzing a dogface for a laugh every now and then! It's all love!)

Sgt...

I didn't know if I rated a hard-on or a big cry - a picture of patriotism understated but cock-hard proud.

I wish the rest of America would pause to think about that.

But that's OK - we're used...

It's bad enough that a Marine would kill a fellow Marine.

Now, the accused has allegedly made it across the border back to his native land.

The point I'm making is that many naturalized...